Malala Yousafzai: A Hero

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Malala Yousafzai is a hero because she defied the Taliban and was assertive about her beliefs in girls getting an education. “Malala exposed the violence and uncertainty of daily life in Swat, standing up to the Taliban’s intimidation of ordinary people and adding a human dimension to the political and military coverage that had been the only news coming out of the Swat Valley at the time” (2) describes how brave of a person she is to stand up to those who shot her in the head. As a schoolgirl in Swat Valley, she recorded what the Taliban did such as bombing girls’ schools and banning education for girls. This being exposed, and the fact that the Taliban shot a fifteen year old girl in the head, led many Pakistanis to support Malala and afterall,

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